Dumping end-gate for wagons



UNITED STATES WILLIAM W'ITTER, OF RIDOTT, ILLINOIS.

DUMPING END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,572, dated September 13, 1898. Application fi1ed Januar y 17, 1898. Serial No. 666,894. (ITo model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM S. WITTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridott, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping End-Gates for Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce a dumping end-gate which shall fit the wagonbox closely enough to permit the hauling of oats,'wheat, and other small grains and which may be used as a shoveling-board, also having a hinged lower portion for dumping the load.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a wagon-box fitted with an end-gate embodying the features 'of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but showing a slight modification of the general invention, wherein the lower part of the end-gate is hinged to be used as a dumping-gate for small grain. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my end-gate applied to a wagon-box, showing in dotted lines the end-gate lowered to be used as a shovelingboard. Fig. 4 is a plan view illustrating the manner of fitting the end-gate to the wagon box of ordinary construction.

A is the end-gate, having the sides A, and A are the straps secured to the sides for the hinge-joint between the wagon-box and the end-gate. The sides A do not rise from the extreme outer edges of the end-gate A, but are set a little back from the edges, leaving a small part projecting beyond the sides, as shown at A B is the lower and B the upper box of a wagon.

B are the cleats commonly found on wagonboXes for retaining the regular style of endgate in place.

C are pieces for fitting the space between the cleats B and C are similar pieces socurely fastened to the pieces 0.

C are the stationary members of the hingejoint between the wagon-box and the end-gate.

are the pivots between the hinge members A and O 0 are rods threaded to receive the nuts 0 bent in hook form to embrace the sides of the wagon-box B and having the eyes 0 turned intermediate their ends.

0 are bolts passing through the pieces 0 and the wagon-boxes B and B for securing the said pieces rigidly to the wagon-box.

D are link-rods each having an eye to engage the eye 0 and a similar eye at their opposite ends to engage the like rods D.

E are brackets aflixed to the outer face of the end-gate A, having the hooks E for engaging the eyes in the links D.

E are the raised hooked ends of the brackets E.

F are hinges for permitting the opening of the lower part of the end-gate for dumping small grain. This modification of my inven tion is shown only in Fig. 2.

F are tail-nuts by means of which and their bolts the hinged part of the end-gate is held closed.

F is ahandle for opening the dumping-gate.

To adjust this end-gate to the common wagon-box, the pieces 0 are slid into place between the cleats B Holes are bored through the pieces 0 to coincide with the openings in the sides of the boX for receiving the tierods in common use, and the bolts 0" placed through the coincident openings. To accommodate an end gate of one size to wagonboxes of different widths, it is only necessary to change the width of the pieces 0.

To close the end-gate, it is raised on its pivots O to a vertical position, when the projecting edges of the board A will fit snugly against the pieces 0, and it is locked in this position by springing the link-rods folded together back of the hook ends E of the bracket E. To let down the end-gate for use as a shoveling-board, the link-rods D D are disengaged from the hook E and the board may be lowered until it is supported by the link-rods D D in extended position.

When small grain is to be unloaded, as upon a tilting scale commonly used in elevators, the dump-gate may be opened by removing the tail-nuts F and the lower part of the endgate A opened outward upon the hinges F.

I claim as my invention 1. In an end gate, for wagon-boxes, in combination, a wagon-box, an end closure therefor, having a hinged connection with the box and an independently-hinged portion, a cleat inserted within the ways provided for the or dinary end-gate and fixed with relation to the wagon-box, a hook on the closure, a link connection between the box and closure for engaging the hook and holding the closure in contact with the cleat, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In an end-gate for wagon-boxes, in combination,'a wagon-box, an end closure therefor having a hinged connection with the box and an independently-hinged portion, a cleat fixed with relation to the wagon-box, a screwthreaded rod extending through the cleat and having an end bent to embrace one side of the wagon-box and an eye intermediate its ends, a hook on the closure, a two -part, jointed rod extending between the eye and the hook on the closure for engaging the jointed rod, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In an end-gate for wagon-boxes, in combination, a wagon-box, an end closure therefor having a hinged connection with the box, a vertical cleat fixed with relation to the box, a second vertical cleat affixed to the first-mentioned cleat, a j ointed-rod connection between the wagon-box and the closure the rods of which connection are adapted to fold together when the closure is elevated and a hook on the closure for engaging the rods, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

WVILLIAM S. WITTER.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. COLE, CHARLES L. MCGILLIGAN. 

